Tag: Senate Estimates

$100m blitz for MyHealth Record

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Health department says data from the federal MyHealth Record service could be made available for commercial medical research purposes, even while it revealed details of a $100 million media...

Privacy starved of resources

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s funding and resourcing of its national data and privacy office has been questioned again, as it was revealed that there are only five staff members handling the...

Slater returns to estimates heat

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Digital Transformation Agency chief executive Gavin Slater has marked his first day back on the job following a leave of absence with an appearance before a fiery Senate estimates...

Women in tech: Cash targeted

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has queried cabinet minister Michaelia Cash’s role as chair of the government’s Women’s Advisory Panel on Innovation in the wake of poisonous scenes at Estimates hearings last week,...

CSIRO: Robo-debt and drug tests

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO has still not officially agreed to allow its Data61 analytics unit to become involved in the government’s highly contentious welfare drug testing program, a Senate estimates hearing has...